Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-26


long-remembering, and crushing as
though sll the mountains OF all the CONT
neuts rolled on him in one avalanche.
Ny soul, staud back from such fun.
Young msn, there is no fun in ship8reck
ing your character, no fun III disgrscing
your fathers name. There is no fun il
breaking your mothers heart. There
is no fun in the physical
pangs Of the djssolute. There is
no fun Ia the proagate's deathbed. Theref
ID no fun in 81 undone eternity. Pacs |
celsius, out Of the sshes of q burnt rose, |
said he COu!d re- create the rose, but he !
failed in the alchemjc undertaking. ana /
roseate life once burned down in SIN can
never again be made to bloom.
On thla plumd-iine Of the everlasting !
right God viii throw it over all our lives
to show us cur moral OBJECTIONS. God
| will throw il over aiI churches to show
whether they are doing useful WORK orr
are standing instances OF idlene8s ana
pretense. He will throw that plumb.line
over al nations 10 demonstrate whether
their laws are iUst or cruel, their rulers
good or bad, their ambitions holy or In
famous. He threw that piumbline over
the Spanish monarchy CT other days, and
what became CT herr Ask
THE sPLTNTERED RULKs
of her 0yerthroWa Armsda. He threw
that plumb line over French imperialism,
aud what vas the result? ASK the ruins
Of the TuilerieS, and the fallen column Of
the Place VeadOme, sDd the grave
trenches Of Sedan, end the blood OF reYo-
lutions at different times rolling tlrOugG
plumb line over ancient Rome, and WHIST
became Of the reeIgn OF The Csesars? ASK
her war eagles, with be8k dulled and
wings broker, flung helpless into the
Tiher. lie threw it over the Assyrian
empire Of : thous md yesrs, the thrones
: Of SemiraIlis, and SardaE8pAlus, and
Sdalmsaeser, Of &wenty-seven victorious
, expeditions, tho cities of PHaicia kueel-
! ing TO the gCeptre, and all the world
} b anched IN the presence. What became
Of ell the grandeur? Ask the fallen
{ palaces Of KhOrsabad and the corpses CT
? her 165, 0C0 soldiery slain by the angel Of
) The Lord II one night, and the Assyr4an
! sculptures Of the worlds museums, gil
that now remains Of that splendor before
, which nati0n5 staggered and Crou2had.
! GOO is now throwing that
: plumb lire over this american
republic, ard it is solemn tine with this
I 3stion, end whether we keep MS Sabbsths
G OF dishonor them, whether righteousness
! or iniquity dominate, whether we are
= Christian or Inidel, Whathor we fulfill our
e mission or refuse is, whether we are for
e God or against Him, Well decide whether
i. we shall as nation 90 on in higher and
. higher career or 90 down in the sGule
f grave where Babylon, and Ninevah, and
c Thebes, enG Assyria ere sepuIchred.
/ "But," say you, "if there be nothing
q out ii PLUMB line what can any OF us 90,
for there is an OLD prover5 which truth
fully declares: If the best mans faults
o were written on his forehead it would
d make him pull his hat over his eyes.
n What Shall we do when, according tt
# Isaiah, God shall lay judgment to the
8 line &nd righteousness to The plUmmet?'
{ All, here is where the gospel comes il
V with & Saviour's righteousness to make
j. up for our deficits. And while 1 sec
: hanging On the wall plumb line, l SCI
IS also hanging there cross. And while
g the one condemns US
|. THE OTHER SAVES Us,
Y If only we will hold to it. And here anC
Y now you may be set free with 4 more
e glorious liberty than Hampden, Or Sid
], ney, or K0sciusGo ever fought for. No
y out yonder or down there, or up here
1t but ust where you are you msy get it. Tn
% Invalid proprietress Of wealthy estate il
n Scotland visited the continent OF Europ
g to get rid of her maladies, and she wen
10 to Baden Baden and tried those waters
n end went to Carlsbad and tried thos
1t waters, and went to Homburg and triet
ss those waters, aud instead of getting bet
N ter she got worse, ard in despair she sal
| to physician: "What shall do?'' Hi
Id reply WAS; "Medicine cen do nothin
N for you. You have one chance in TIL
4. waters Of Pit KeathlY, Scotland" 81
;" it pOssibie?" she replied, "Why, thOs
I'd waters are on my oWn estate.
~ Size returned, sud drank OF the foul
le tain al Ter own gate, and il tw
81 months completely recovered. On, sic
d. sick sad dise&sed ard SHINING and dyin
er nearer, Why go trudging Ill the worl
e. over, and seeking heIe and there relie
T. for your discouraged spirit, when clos
el By and at your very feet, Gnd s! the dos
OF your heart, aye, within the very estai
Of your own consciousness, the healin
I, waters OF eternal lie may be had, and ha
lg this very hour, this very minute, m
ad very Sabbath? Blessed be God, that ovt
IL. against the plUmb-line that Amos saw
1t. tie cross, through the emancipatir
or power OF which you and may live an
ed live forever. z.s..s5-